The protagonism of the information mediator in the community library

• Autor(a) principal: Mascarenhas, Meibe Cristina dos Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Santos Neto, João Arlindo dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista EDICIC
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.edicic.org/revistaedicic/article/view/173
• topic: Protagonismo Social - Bibliotecario; Bibliotecario Protagonista; Mediación de la Información; Biblioteca Comunitaria; Red Nacional de Bibliotecas Comunitarias; Protagonismo Social - Bibliotecário; Bibliotecário Protagonista; Mediação da Informação; Biblioteca Comunitária; Rede Nacional de Bibliotecas Comunitárias; Social Protagonism - Librarian; Protagonist Librarian; Information Mediation; Community Library; National Network of Community Libraries

The information mediator as a protagonist in the community library has an extremely important role in the social environment in which he works and needs to be prepared for his professional performance. The general objective of the article is to investigate how the implicit mediation performed by librarians occurs in the context of the community library. As for the specific objectives, it seeks to identify the profile of the community library librarian; knowing the decision-making processes and their implications; find out if there are difficulties to work in a community library and what they are. The research is of a basic and exploratory nature, with a bibliographic design, with a qualitative approach. Its data collection technique presents a semi-structured interview with a librarian from the National Network of Community Libraries (RNBC). As a result, it indicates the need for an increasing discussion about the role of the librarian working in a community library, especially from the perspective of the implicit mediation of information. In addition, it identifies that librarian work routine within the RNBC comprises both librarianship actions and community awareness actions and political articulation, which allows the librarian to reach social protagonism. It considers as necessary the possibilities of advancement in the training of these professionals so that they can prospect innovative actions in the community library and transforming for the communities they serve.